The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
contributor: Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.)
creator: Shakespeare, William
date: 0000-00-00
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language: en
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subject: valentine
subject: proteus
subject: julia
subject: love
subject: silvia
subject: loving
subject: home
subject: keeping
subject: youth
subject: homely
subject: wits
subject: shakespeare
subject: william
subject: gentlemen
subject: verona
subject: english
subject: literature
type: text
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sort title: Two Gentlemen Of Verona, The
full text: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA DRAMATIS PERSONAE DUKE OF MILAN Father to Silvia. (DUKE:) VALENTINE | | the two Gentlemen. PROTEUS | ANTONIO Father to Proteus. THURIO a foolish rival to Valentine. EGLAMOUR Agent for Silvia in her escape. HOST where Julia lodges. (Host:) OUTLAWS with Valentine. (First Outlaw:) (Second Outlaw:) (Third Outlaw:) SPEED a clownish servant to Valentine. LAUNCE the like to Proteus. PANTHINO Servant to Antonio. JULIA beloved of Proteus. SILVIA beloved of Valentine. LUCETTA waiting-woman to Julia. Servants, Musicians. SCENE Verona; Milan; the frontiers of Mantua. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA ACT I SCENE I Verona. An open place. [Enter VALENTINE and PROTEUS] VALENTINE Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus: Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honour'd love, I rather would entreat thy company To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness. But since thou lovest, love still and thrive therein, Even as I would when I to love begin. PROTEUS Wilt thou be gone? Sweet Valentine, adieu! Think on thy Proteus, when thou haply seest Some rare note-worthy object in thy travel: Wish me partaker in thy happiness When thou dost meet good hap; and in thy danger, If ever danger do environ thee, Commend thy grievance to my holy prayers, For I will be thy beadsman, Valentine. VALENTINE And on a love-book pray for my success? PROTEUS Upon some book I love I'll pray for thee. VALENTINE That's on some shallow story of deep love: How young Leander cross'd the Hellespont. PROTEUS That's a deep story of a deeper love: For he was more than over shoes in love. VALENTINE 'Tis true; for you are over boots in love, And yet you never swum the Hellespont. PROTEUS Over the boots? nay, give me not the boots. VALENTINE No, I will not, for it boots thee not. PROTEUS What? VALENTINE To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; Co…